Homecare Update

(From the October 2025 issue of MedStat)

Homecare Infusion Pharmacy Update

Nationwide Children’s Homecare Infusion Pharmacy provides specialized injectable and infusion medications to support pediatric patients and families across Ohio. The skilled pharmacy and nursing teams collaborate to deliver safe infusion care in central and northwest regions. The team offers medication and infusion instructions in the home and empowers patients who safely self-administer treatments.

Indications Homecare treats include, but are not limited to, those listed below:

  • Beta thalassemia
  • Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Diabetes insipidus
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Hemophilia and other bleeding disorders
  • Hypophosphatemia – X-linked
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Intestinal rehab patients
  • Osteoporosis
  • Pediatric atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS)
  • Pediatric paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
  • Short bowel or gut
  • Ulcerative colitis

Find the full list of provided medications and therapies, plus a video tour of the facility, online. Homecare’s financial and referral team will help patients and providers navigate their insurance coverage as it pertains to these services. Visit the provider information page and open the Referral Resources tab for more details.

November is National Home Care, Hospice, and Palliative Care Month. Celebration details and information about Novembeard, which supports Hospice and Palliative Care, will be in the November MedStat and on the website. For questions, email Carolyn.Figi@NationwideChildrens.org.